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Organization in new hampshire and south carolina, and i think the momentum is going to build just like it did here in iowa. aloft people -- in a lot of the polls he was peoples second choice for a long time. >> right. >> now that people have to make the decision, theyre coming on board. >> but if were using huckabee as a reference or example, we know what hes dog today as opposed to being president. i do want to talk to you about the fact that in 08 rick santorum endorsed romney. is this a left-...

I can tell you that our backgrounds are quite different. like speaker gingrich, senator santorum has spent his career in government, in washington. nothing wrong with that. but its a very different background than i have. >> with respect to the issue about -- i get a kick out of this with governor romney. newt said this at the debate. governor romney is not like he hasnt tried to be a career politician. he just hasnt been successful. >> so this is a real study in contrast in terms of how each of...

Kerry by only 10,000 votes, a difference of one point. in 2008, it was a very different story. barack obama beating john mccain handily by 9 points and see you in 48 hours when the iowans go to caucus, how much the map behind us changes or does not. bret and meg megyn, back to you in des moines. >> bret: as bill said, a baptist preacher turned governor from arkansas came into iowa and turned into the caucuses. >> megyn: mike huckabee is working for us on fox news channel and hes here with insigh...

>> thats right. one of the big questions in this day before the iowa caucuses is whether the man in the sweater vest can make mitt romney sweat. rick santorum is in the enviable position of being the final surging non-romney conservative to do well. before these iowa caucuses so we are chasing him from stop to stop to stop today. he is chasing the undecided caucus goers. and you get the sense looking at the poll that came out over the weekend that showed rick santorum in third place. i...

we begin with rick santorum. momentum is with the pennsylvania senator and he is sticking to his conservative guns. candidate santorum this afternoon. >> i would suggest if you look at the history of republican nominees, that moderate voters, moderate candidates who were there to appeal to more moderates ended up losing. >> but is that tough enough? listen to what congressman ron paul had to say about santorum earlier to cnns dana bash. >> why would not he be a good republican nominee?...

Hey, this happened. you didnt have to give them a name. >> and if id have done that, where would i be now? >> i dont know. >> yeah, you do. you work here. you know what would have happened if id done that. >> anything else you want to add to your statement? >> no. no. its not doing me any good. >> based on that case file, i am going to find you guilty of battery, give you a year. 9-22-08 to 9-29-09. take 180 days. demote you from credit class 1 and credit class 2. i will give you an appeal form ...

So i just think it adds to a lot of the unknowns that we are seeing in this race. >> governor, as we switch to the left side, home state of ohio stopping in cleveland on wednesday, he won that state in 08. is he a sure thing again this year? >> well, not a sure thing. but i think elwin ohio. i think hell win ohio. i believe his moan ent will be mitt romney. mitt romney voted against or spoke against the salvation of the american auto industry. and the president is coming to cleveland, where ford...

>> thank you. >> and good luck to you with your release date of 4/6/08. >> thank you. >> i went in and got my annual review on the situation that went down with me in the last year. i was involved in a mutual combat. but i was granted back my time 100%, my 90 days. for credit. so you know -- >> how do you feel? >> im feeling pretty good about that. im feeling pretty good about that. ive been on the yard roughly two years. so its time for me to stay out of the way, you know, just stay out of the ...

This. i get there and i go through it anyway. >> do you understand what happened today? >> yeah. >> okay. whats happening? >> you guys are validating me for something. you guys say i done but i done nothing. you guys are saying i have been destructive. what have i been out there that is destructive? why am i being -- i havent done nothing wrong. >> an investigation, obviously you understand you did receive your lockup order explaining the reasons for your placement in ad seg. did you receive a c...

Time in the public and youre going to see more and more. >> how do you think the strategy is really changing right now in a couple of ways we also see a president who is going to be attacking congress and how the president is going to take his frustration and not being able to pass legislation and attacking this republican congress again. >> you were just talking about these two people who in 08 were normal and the strange thing about the white house is that its a museum, its to secure